Improvement in horse-blankets



J. ADAMS.

HORSE-BLANKET.

Patented Dec. 12, 1876.

No.185,Z01.

THE GRAPHIC CO.N.\'.

. with the exception of the front portion, which hole becomes expansible, and the blanket is UNIT D STATES;

ATENT QFFIGE;

ADAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-BLANKETS. v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,201, dated December 12, September 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH ADAMS, of Quincy, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Animals Blankets, of which the following is a specification:

My improvements consist, first, in the addition to, or combination with, a horse-blanket of a breast pad or protector; second, in the employment of one or more elastic straps as a means of confining the greater portion of the blanket in place, and adapting the same blanket to animals of different size; thirdly, in the peculiar construction of the blanket, as hereinafter stated, whereby greater protection is afforded the animal, the blanket cannot be pulled off, and buttons or straps for securing the blanket in front are rendered unnecessary; and, fourthly, in fulling the neck-hole of the blanket, and employing, in connection with such fullness, an elastic medium, whereby this portion of the blanket is adapted to animals whose necks vary in size.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure 1, an outside view of the blanket, and in Fig. 2 an inside view of the same, in perspective.

In the said drawings, A represents a horseblanket, substantially of ordinary production,

is made whole, the neck-hole of the blanket being shown at B. v

In the manufacture of a blanket according to my invention, I employ a piece of suitable stuff, of a uniform width as woven, and I donble it in the middle, and allow the central portion to constitute the front of the blanket to cover the animals chest. I then cut away sufficicnt of the material to form the neckhole 13, and stitch the two edges of the sides a b of the body of the blanket together, and allow the seam to cover the center of the animals back. I full or gather the front portion of the blanket about the neck-hole B, and add an elastic strap, by means of which the adapted to varying sizes of animals.

1876 application filed To confine the main portionof the blanket to the back of the animal, I employ an elastic strap, 0, placed centrally of the under side of the blanket, and secured at one end to the front portion of the latter, while, at its rear end, the elastic strap is secured to a crupper or crupper-strap, D, of any suitable character.

The elastic strap 0 passes through Several loops attached to the under side of the blanket, or, as shown in the drawing, between the under side of the blanket and a stay-piece or re-enforce, a, secured to the blanket in a proper manner, which serve to confine the two together; and this strap may be in one piece, or two or more, as circumstances may determine, its office being to enable the blanket to yield to the various pulls upon it during the movements of the animal without being pulled ofi' or torn.

A strap, E, which may be elastic, if desired, is secured to the under side of the front of the blanket, immediately in rear of the animals fore legs, and when the blanket is in use, this strap is buckled beneath the animals belly.

F in the drawings represents an auxiliary pad secured to the inside of the front of the blanket, and hanging down in front of the animals chest, a loop being secured to the lower end of the pad, through which the strap E passes, and by which the pad is held in place.

The pad F protects the chest of the animal,

mals neck, and render the tearing of the blanket nearly impossible. If deemed advisable, the pad F may be fulled and provided with an elastic band, in

order to fit animals of various sizes, and pre- 2. The aukiliary breast-protector F, in combivent tearing of the material.

nation With'theubianket proper,.:substantialiy I claim as and for purposes stated. 1. As an improved article of manufacture, JOSEPH ADAMS. a horseblanket made whole in front, and Witnesses:

provided with the elastic strap 0, substantially ALDER, as described.

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